See it can't be helped in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"word": "it can't be helped"
}
Download raw JSONL data for it can't be helped meaning in English (7.4kB)
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
"msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": bô hoat-tō͘ vs. zh-min-nan",
"path": [
"it can't be helped"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "phrase",
"title": "it can't be helped",
"trace": ""
}
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